Alcademics

In a story about the chewy ice as served in Sonic and at hospitals, the Wall Street Journal interviewed me. Read the story here. Read more →

I was interviewed on unique expressions of ice in San Francisco for Eater.com. Read the article here. Read more →

For this article on Bevvy.co, I interviewed severa... Read more →

For Bevvy.co, I wrote up Ice Tools for the Bar: Knives, Chisels, Saws, and More. This story came out of my own curiosity as to which were the best type of tools to use for cutting and carving ice. So I asked a bunch of people who do it on... Read more →

The Washington Post asks, Why are Americans so obsessed with ice? When they contacted me about the story, I knew it was going to be about Starbucks. You see, I have a google news alert for "ice" and the news that Starbucks was switching to chewy ice hit last week.... Read more →

If you're making slabs of ice in a cooler as I showed folks how to do here on Alcademics and in The Ice Book, you need to cut them up into cubes and other shapes after you pop the slab out of your cooler. Most of the time over the... Read more →

In the New York Times, Robert Simonson writes about my quest for clear ice and The Ice Book! It's a great article. Read the article here. Order The Ice Book here. Read more →

A few years back I showed how you can make the Death Star ice mold turn out clear. There are more tips and detailed information in The Ice Book, and you should probably purchase a copy! Below are some more pics from a 2023 round of making more Death Star... Read more →